Question

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish (自私的)!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

   A. $10.           B. $20.          C. $100.         D. $200.

2. In this passage, the underlined (下劃線) word “furious” means _________.

   A. very angry      B. quite happy     C. too excited     D. a little nervous

3. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because _________.

   A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

   B. he did not have enough money at that moment

   C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D. the boy always borrowed money from him

4. The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.

   A. a new book for himself         B. a nice present for his father

   C. a toy for his own birthday       D. an hour of his father’s time

5. From this passage, we can infer (推斷) that the boy’s father ________.

   A. often played with his son        B. spent little time with his son

   C. didn’t love his son at all         D. often came back home early

Answer 1

1D   2A   3C   4D   5B